Grieving families awaiting fresh inquests into incidents from Northern Ireland’s troubled past have been assured efforts are under way to ensure their cases are heard in the next five years.
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A woman who spent nearly a decade behind bars for killing her husband in a hammer attack will not face a retrial for murder. Georgina Challen, 65, claimed she suffered
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NHS hospital trust bosses who wanted a judge in a specialist court to make orders relating to the way a pregnant mentally ill woman gave birth have changed their minds
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A mentally ill woman who beat her neighbour to death with a metal pole has been given an indefinite hospital order by a judge who described the attack as “savage”.
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Victims of domestic violence must not be placed at risk because of uncertainty around the use of police bail leading to suspects being released without restrictions, a former champion has
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A mother has been convicted of murdering her newborn baby in a “chilling” act after her birth in an outside farm toilet. Hannah Cobley, who had concealed her pregnancy from
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A former SNP MP who abused her position of trust to embezzle more than £25,600 from pro-independence groups has been jailed for 18 months. Natalie McGarry, 37, spent the money
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Two brothers who claim they suffered harassment and abuse from neighbours have lost a landmark Supreme Court bid for compensation from their local council. The pair, identified only as CN
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A judge has questioned the way council social services bosses handled the care of an autistic woman in her early 20s who featured in a BBC Panorama documentary which raised
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Northern Ireland’s hate crime legislation is set to be reviewed. The region’s Department of Justice has commissioned an independent review of the legislation, to be led by Judge Desmond Marrinan.
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